Woodworth

This adult male was tagged Dec. 10, 2018, on the Stutsman/Kidder county line, ND, by Matt Solensky of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Northern Prairie Research Center. He spent most of the winter of 2018-19 on the North Dakota/Manitoba border, migrating north in April 2019 to the Boothia Peninsula in the central Canadian Arctic, where he spent the summer. Latest Updates

Straubel

This juvenile female was trapped Feb. 21, 2018, at Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport by Frank Ujazdowski, tagged by Gene Jacobs of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and relocated for her safety to the Buena Vista grasslands of central Wisconsin. Her transmitter was underwritten by an anonymous donation to Fond du Lac Audubon Society. Latest Updates

Gichigami

A juvenile female, Gichigami was tagged Feb. 10, 2018, by Nova Mackentley and Chris Neri at Whitefish Point, on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Her name is a rendering of the original Ojibwe name for Lake Superior, and her transmitter was funded by generous donations from the public. Gichigami spent much of the winter on the ice of Lake Superior, … Read More

Pettibone

This adult male, tagged Feb. 10, 2018, in Kidder County, ND, by Matt Solensky of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Northern Prairie Research Center, was at least five years old at the time. His transmitter was funded by generous donations from the public, and he was named for a nearby town. Pettibone migrated north in April 2018 to Banks Island in … Read More

Manisses

A juvenile female, Manisses was tagged on Block Island, RI, on Feb. 14, 2018, by Lauren Gilpatrick and Chris Persico from the Biodiversity Research Institute, in cooperation with the Nature Conservancy. Her name, pronounced mana-sees, was the original Native name for Block Island, and her transmitter was underwritten by generous donations from the public. Manisses was later found dead, and … Read More

Hereford

A juvenile male, Hereford was caught and tagged by Mike Lanzone and Trish Miller at Stone Harbor Point, NJ, on Feb. 12, 2018, at the mouth of Hereford Inlet. His transmitter was underwritten (as was Higbee’s) by a gift from the New Jersey chapter of the Nature Conservancy. Latest Updates

Logan

This adult female was first banded by Norman Smith as a juvenile at Logan Airport in Boston in April 2014. She was recaptured there Feb. 11, 2018, as a five-year-old, tagged and relocated for her safety to Sandy Neck Beach on Cape Cod. Her transmitter was underwritten by generous donations from the public. Latest Updates

Pickford

Pickford, a juvenile female, was tagged Feb. 2, 2018, by Nova Mackentkley and Chris Neri near Pickford, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, just 2 miles (3.4 km) from Pennington. She was occupying the same winter territory used in 2015 by Chippewa. Pickford’s transmitter was underwritten by donations from the public. She left Lake Superior in early May and migrated … Read More

Pennington

At at least five years of age (based on wing molt), Pennington is the oldest owl we’ve tagged as part of Project SNOWstorm. This almost pure white male was tagged Feb. 2, 2018, by Nova Mackentkley and Chris Neri near Pickford, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, just 2 miles (3.4 km) from Pickford. His transmitter was underwritten by donations … Read More

Sinepuxent

Sinepuxent, a juvenile female, was banded Jan. 28, 2018, by Steve Huy. She’s named for Sinepuxent Bay, a coastal bay along the northern end of Assateague Island in Maryland where she was trapped. The Delaware Ornithological Society generously sponsored Sinepuxent’s transmitter. Latest Updates